How did we get into this mess? Join us to take a trip back in time and through today to learn with us as we make sense of what happened at Gold King Mine in 2015, and what’s happening every day at thousands of sites across the U.S.

Head to Anchor (https://anchor.fm/spilledpodcast) for hyperlinked podcast notes below.  And check out our website for a whole lot more: https://bit.ly/spilledpodcast. Thanks!

The following resources might be of interest to our listeners:

• Animas river stakeholders group: An unlikely alliance for watershed health in the san juans- Water Education Colorado
• GOLD KING MINE – WATERSHED FACT SHEET- EPA
• The roots of the Gold King Mine disaster run deeper than the river it polluted- The Colorado Sun
• Sunnyside Gold says EPA should be recused from leading Silverton Superfund cleanup- Durango Herald
• Many hoped the Gold King Mine spill would bring change. Five years later, they’re still waiting- The Colorado Sun
• Wondering what is Acid Mine Drainage (AMD)? Here is EPA's AMD 101 to get you up to speed.

Music credits:

"How Deep is the Ocean?" by Saul Cosme*

*used with permission from artist